Never Gonna Stop Square

So, why am I publishing a crochet granny square motif? Well, I was asked to be a part of the 2015 American Crochet Afghan Crochet-along. For the entire year of 2015 participating designers publish a square pattern that is free and measures 12″ (30.48 cm) using heavy worsted weight yarn (aran weight in UK).

Notice: At this point in the square it is hard to have any orientation so let me help a bit. The treble stitches are placed at the corner of the square now and throughout. As you work more rows you will see the shells build along the sides of the square and the center corner stitches will always be the treble crochet (for the row 5 repeat) and the single crochet (for the row 4 repeat).

Row 2: Ch 1, * sc in first tr, shell (see Special Stitches) in next dc, sc in each of 2 tr, shell in next dc, sc in tr; rep from * once more, join with a sl st to first sc, changing to B in last st.

Row 3: Ch 7 (counts as 1 tr and 3 ch), dc in first sc, * ch 3, sc in center CL of shell, ch 3, (dc, ch 3, tr) in next sc, (tr, ch 3, dc) in next sc, ch 3, sc in center CL of shell, ch 3, (dc, ch 3, tr) in next sc **, (tr, ch 3, dc) in next sc; rep from * once more ending at **, join with a sl st to the 4th ch of the beginning ch-7.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first tr, shell in next dc, * sc in next sc, shell in next dc; rep from * to corner 2 tr, sc in each of 2 corner tr, shell in next dc **, rep between * and ** twice more, then from * to * once, sc in last corner tr, join with a sl st to the first sc, changing to next color in last st.

I hope you enjoy Never Gonna Stop Square free crochet granny motif pattern! It was super fun to crochet – and fast too!

If doing all the color changes is something you don’t want to do, consider using a long color changing yarn instead of the solids.

Written pattern copyright Marly Bird 2015, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. To print this pattern for personal use, please use Print Friendly button at the bottom of the pattern. Thank you to Red Heart Yarnsfor providing the yarn for this pattern!